The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-04-14

Bartletl's. III think Of it no more
but tend to business.
But, ip spite of me. BE careful
at the Curve Mountain Out kept
comm into my head, even the wind
seemed TO shrek it. ] pictured &c
myself a broken rail and a yawnipp
gulf on each side. What O terrible
accident it would make; what G
frigbtful cbaem in which to plunge
Then | remembered Nell, aud The
queer look that came over her face
when she gave me that singular
caution. BE careful at the Curve
Mountain Gut We was nelrin' the
cut sure enough. On the upgrade
10 VAS making about twenty miles
an hour and in less than ten minutes
we wonld be past The cut, or-I
caught my breath, for at that nom
ent those warning words flashed iu-
to my mind once more.
If lm ever to be cured OF euch
stuff says l to myself 'nov's my
chance. What could Nell know
about the cut? I'll put her through
at full speed
"A tall white birch that stood on n
spur OF the mountain was the land
mark which showed me that We was
comm to the straight piece which
led through the cut. l put my hand
to the throttle TO pull open the valve,
wben
We'll, gentlemen, / don't suppose
yon'll believe it, but as suIo as I'm
staudin' here, 10y wife's voiceseemed
to whisper in my ear: Not that
one Bob-Me 6rdkev
1T gave mo such start that be
fore knew what / did | opened the
Westipg house for all it was worth,
and the train cams TO o stand still
in less than two length. Not waitin
to answer any questions from Dan,
l jumped off the cab, and rushed up
the track nearly to the cut aud walk
ed along until l nearly reached the
other side. Not thing was out o'
place every rtll secure, and the cut
was all right 30 far as | oticed
idiot cried |, so much for your
foolish nonsense. This freak vii
cost you your job? ~
by this limo the cnrdactor nnf
breakmau, with u number Of pass
ea gers, come out 10 SEQ what was
the matter. How the boys would
} laugh, / thought should never
hear The last OF it, was just GO
! ing to sneak back to the cab when
noticed something peculiar, which
seemed like tue trunk of tree blown
down right acrost the rails. Going
few steps further | noticed that II
was not tree, but huge stick oI
timber deliberately placed acrost
the rails, and fastened down in sucl
position as would surely throw O
train from the track, and down q
fearful precipice Of some hundreds
Of feet on the left among the rocks
, Il toll you boys it mado my hail
stand on eud. In two minutes thai
whole train and them Directors
' would have gone of the edge Of thai
cliff, and not one would have lived
to tell about it.
What's the row, Bob ?" says The
conductor.
Row enough, says |, look at tina
l reckcn l pulled her up just il
time
Still going few steps further OF
/ we discovered five ruffians, fully
, armed, thIoe Of whom We succeeded
3 in capturing, and in breaking up al
, dangerous a gang Of robbers as ev
. er infested tho mountains
We'll, you mover saw more CRATE
ful set Of men than those pompou
, Directors were after that, aud whei
we got to Fabyan's they telegraphe'
, the Super as how l was to stay will
> them during the excursion, and
4, went 10 all the sights in Montrea
, with 'em, just as though l had beel
one of the regular party. Not con
. tent with that they gave me an ele
CANT gold watch and chain, th'
President OF the road, who happen
D ed TO be among 'em, making a nea
8 speech. / tell you, a peep into tb
O jaws OF death will put rich and poo
men on the eame level-nothing lik
it to take the bigness out of them.
well, the boys made a lion OF IN
b when l got back to Portland, AM
Nell never seemed 30 glad to sc
; me That nights work was th